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November 8, 2018
New Book: Local Web Development With DDEV Explained
This week's new book introduces a new way to do local web development.
"Local Web Development With DDEV Explained" is a book about doing local development in a way that matches modern development workflows.
Mike Anello is a long-time member of the Drupal and web development communities. In this book, he recommends replacing WAMP, MAMP and similar tools with DDev-Local, a Docker-based system.
DDEV-Local is an open-source local development environment for PHP-based projects. It provides a robust and flexible setup for platforms such as Drupal, WordPress, and TYPO3.
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"Local Web Development With DDEV Explained" is a book about doing local development in a way that matches modern development workflows.
Mike Anello is a long-time member of the Drupal and web development communities. In this book, he recommends replacing WAMP, MAMP and similar tools with DDev-Local, a Docker-based system.
DDEV-Local is an open-source local development environment for PHP-based projects. It provides a robust and flexible setup for platforms such as Drupal, WordPress, and TYPO3.
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November 7, 2018
How to Use Elementor with Advanced Custom Fields in WordPress
Elementor and Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) are two of the most popular and powerful plugins in WordPress:
Elementor is the leading page builder in WordPress, with over 1 million users.
Advanced Custom Fields turns WordPress into Drupal, with custom fields and content types. It also has over 1 million users!
This week, we have a video showing you how to use these two plugins together to create superb sites. Rod shows you how to create an IMDB-style movie review website using Elementor and ACF together.
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Elementor is the leading page builder in WordPress, with over 1 million users.
Advanced Custom Fields turns WordPress into Drupal, with custom fields and content types. It also has over 1 million users!
This week, we have a video showing you how to use these two plugins together to create superb sites. Rod shows you how to create an IMDB-style movie review website using Elementor and ACF together.
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How to Create Drupal Charts With Views
There are many ways to present data to your readers. One example would be a table or a list. Sometimes the best approach is to show data on a chart.
It can ease understanding of large quantities of data. There is a way to make charts in Drupal with the help of the Charts module and Views.
In this tutorial, you will learn the basic usage of the module in combination with the Google Charts library.
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It can ease understanding of large quantities of data. There is a way to make charts in Drupal with the help of the Charts module and Views.
In this tutorial, you will learn the basic usage of the module in combination with the Google Charts library.
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October 31, 2018
How to Use the CKEditor Accordion in Drupal 8
As you already learned in a previous tutorial, CKEditor, the default WYSIWYG Editor for Drupal 8, can be enhanced through the installation of different plugins. They add buttons to the editor with additional features.
Content editors often need to embed accordion tabs into their articles, for example, to present a group of Frequently Asked Questions with their answers or to visually divide a topic into several subtopics.
The CKEditor Accordion module for Drupal 8 allows editors to insert an accordion directly into the WYSIWYG Editor (and therefore into the node) without the need to configure additional modules or even Views.
This tutorial will explain the usage of this module. Let’s start!
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Content editors often need to embed accordion tabs into their articles, for example, to present a group of Frequently Asked Questions with their answers or to visually divide a topic into several subtopics.
The CKEditor Accordion module for Drupal 8 allows editors to insert an accordion directly into the WYSIWYG Editor (and therefore into the node) without the need to configure additional modules or even Views.
This tutorial will explain the usage of this module. Let’s start!
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How to integrate Accordion Tabs into CKEditor for Drupal 8
As you already learned in a previous tutorial, CKEditor, the default WYSIWYG Editor for Drupal 8, can be enhanced through the installation of different plugins. They add buttons to the editor with additional features.
Content editors often need to embed accordion tabs into their articles, for example, to present a group of Frequently Asked Questions with their answers or to visually divide a topic into several subtopics.
The CKEditor Accordion module for Drupal 8 allows editors to insert an accordion directly into the WYSIWYG Editor (and therefore into the node) without the need to configure additional modules or even views.
This tutorial will explain the usage of this module. Let’s start!
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Content editors often need to embed accordion tabs into their articles, for example, to present a group of Frequently Asked Questions with their answers or to visually divide a topic into several subtopics.
The CKEditor Accordion module for Drupal 8 allows editors to insert an accordion directly into the WYSIWYG Editor (and therefore into the node) without the need to configure additional modules or even views.
This tutorial will explain the usage of this module. Let’s start!
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The OSTraining Podcast #31: Daniel Bachhuber on a Career in WordPress
Daniel has played a key role in Gutenberg, the WP REST API, the WP-CLI project, Co-Authors Plus, Edit Flow, Jetpack, Post Meta Inspector, Publishing Checklist, Rewrite Rules and the list goes on and on.
In this episode, Daniel explains how he accidentally stumbled into such a key role in the WordPress world. We spend time talking about how Daniel balances all these duties, including how he moves on when his time is up in a role.?
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In this episode, Daniel explains how he accidentally stumbled into such a key role in the WordPress world. We spend time talking about how Daniel balances all these duties, including how he moves on when his time is up in a role.?
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October 29, 2018
How to Use Entity Reference Views in Drupal 7
Entity Reference Views are one way you can make life easier for Drupal content creators.
Normally, when people are creating content on your site, each field consists of a single box with a single data point. For example, in a list of people, you might get only the person's name.
Entity Reference Views allows you to provide far more information. For example, you can add photos and personal details to your list of people.
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Normally, when people are creating content on your site, each field consists of a single box with a single data point. For example, in a list of people, you might get only the person's name.
Entity Reference Views allows you to provide far more information. For example, you can add photos and personal details to your list of people.
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How to Use Entity Reference Views in Drupal 8
Entity Reference Views are a great way to make life easier for Drupal content creators.
Normally, when people create content on your site, each field is very plain. However, Entity Reference Views allows you to provide far more information. For example, instead of just showing a list of users, your content creators can browse through a list of names, photos and personal details.
Both Views and Entity Reference are now part of the Drupal 8 core. This made using Entity Reference Views in Drupal 8 much easier.
If you're a Drupal 7 user, read this version of the tutorial.
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Normally, when people create content on your site, each field is very plain. However, Entity Reference Views allows you to provide far more information. For example, instead of just showing a list of users, your content creators can browse through a list of names, photos and personal details.
Both Views and Entity Reference are now part of the Drupal 8 core. This made using Entity Reference Views in Drupal 8 much easier.
If you're a Drupal 7 user, read this version of the tutorial.
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The OSTraining Podcast #30: Andy McIlwain on GoDaddy and Gutenberg
Andy McIlwain is in charge of the WordPress area at The GoDaddy Garage - the official blog for one of the world's biggest hosting companies.
Andy explains the tools and strategies he uses to keep such a popular blog running. He also talks how how GoDaddy plans to deal with the rollout of Gutenberg. How do you manage such a big change that impacts so many of your users?
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Andy explains the tools and strategies he uses to keep such a popular blog running. He also talks how how GoDaddy plans to deal with the rollout of Gutenberg. How do you manage such a big change that impacts so many of your users?
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October 22, 2018
How to Import Data from CSV Files to Drupal with Content Import
Sometimes you may need to import data from a CSV file into Drupal.
We've spoken with OSTraining users who need to import from another CMS, and uses who need to import from a business spreadsheet.
There is no easy way do this import using the Drupal 8 core. To import your data from a CSV file, you need to install and enable the Content Import module.
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the process of importing data with Content Import.
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We've spoken with OSTraining users who need to import from another CMS, and uses who need to import from a business spreadsheet.
There is no easy way do this import using the Drupal 8 core. To import your data from a CSV file, you need to install and enable the Content Import module.
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the process of importing data with Content Import.
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